Monthly Archives: June 2015

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These mod podge alphabet magnets are easy to make -- and tween and teen girls really love them!

Easy Mod Podge Alphabet Magnets

Remember the summer reading challenge that I wrote about a week-and-a-half ago? I’ve got a ‘companion’ craft that goes along with it. Your tween and teen-aged granddaughters will really enjoy making it. I call it my easy-cheap-quick-Mod-Podge-alphabet-magnets-that-your-tween-or-teen-granddaughters-will-love-to-craft craft. . . or Mod Podge alphabet magnets for short. 🙂 They are […]

Keep Kids Busy with Stop Motion Animation Movies

A dinosaur has captured the princess and is keeping her captive in his lair. (Do dinosaurs have lairs?) Who will save the fair damsel? Golden Boy, that’s who! He climbs aboard a fast moving train and holds on for dear life. When the train nears the lair, Golden Boy jumps […]

Kids love making balloon people! They are easy and quick.

Balloon People

Kids love balloons. There’s just something about them that speaks to grandkids’ love of fun. (Even old geezers like me enjoy them — referring to both balloons and grandkids!) So. If you’re looking for something for the grandkiddos to do during the summer, have them make a flock of balloon […]

Boredom buster: give your kids this summer reading challenge to fight off boredom and keep their reading skills up.

Summer Reading Challenge for Kids

 First a little story. Stories are good, right? So hopefully you won’t mind, Dear Reader, if I tell you one. I have this habit of reading the last page (or last several pages) of a book before I start reading at the beginning. (It’s my dark little secret.) I like […]